Vasilis Teodoridis:
Moraceae | Ficus
58. Ficus formosana Maximowicz; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg. 27: 546. 1881.
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Ficus formosana f. lageniformis (H. Léveillé & Vaniot) C. Y. Wu; F. formosana f. shimadae Hayata; F. formosana var. shimadae (Hayata) W. C. Chen; F. lageniformis H. Léveillé & Vaniot; F. taiwaniana Hayata.
Shrubs; 1.5-3 m tall; evergreen. Branchlets; petioles; and venation sparsely covered with short pubescence when young. Branchlets brown or reddish brown; slender; internodes short; shortly pubescent; glabrescent. Stipules caducous; linear-lanceolate; ca. 5 mm; glabrous or slightly pubescent. Petiole 7-10 mm; scurfy or sparsely pubescent; leaf blade oblanceolate to ± linear; 4-12 x 1.5-4 cm; papery to membranous; abaxially graish; sparsely pilose and with cystoliths; adaxially dark green when dry; base narrowly cuneate; margin entire or with some teeth toward apex; apex acuminate; midvein inconspicuous; basal lateral veins 2; short; secondary veins 6-15 on each side of midvein; parallel; inconspicuous; sparsely covered with short pubescence. Figs axillary on normal leafy shoots; solitary; green flushed pale red when mature; with white dots; ovoid-globose; 1.2-1.8 x 0.6-1 cm; glabrous; tuberculate; base attenuate into a short thin stalk; apical pore navel-like; convex; peduncle 2-10 mm; usually pilose; involucral bracts triangular-ovate; margin ciliolate. Male flowers: scattered; pedicellate or sessile; calyx lobes 3 or 4; ovate; stamens 2(or 3); anthers longer than filaments. Gall flowers: calyx lobes 4 or 5; boatlike; ovary stipitate; globose; style lateral; short. Female flowers: pedicellate or sessile; calyx lobes 4; style long; stigma funnelform. Achenes globose; smooth. Fl. Apr-Jul.
Along streams. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hunan; Jiangxi; Taiwan; Yunnan; S Zhejiang [N Vietnam].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Moraceae | Ficus
58. Ficus formosana Maximowicz; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg. 27: 546. 1881.
??? tai wan rong
Ficus formosana f. lageniformis (H. Léveillé & Vaniot) C. Y. Wu; F. formosana f. shimadae Hayata; F. formosana var. shimadae (Hayata) W. C. Chen; F. lageniformis H. Léveillé & Vaniot; F. taiwaniana Hayata.
Shrubs; 1.5-3 m tall; evergreen. Branchlets; petioles; and venation sparsely covered with short pubescence when young. Branchlets brown or reddish brown; slender; internodes short; shortly pubescent; glabrescent. Stipules caducous; linear-lanceolate; ca. 5 mm; glabrous or slightly pubescent. Petiole 7-10 mm; scurfy or sparsely pubescent; leaf blade oblanceolate to ± linear; 4-12 x 1.5-4 cm; papery to membranous; abaxially graish; sparsely pilose and with cystoliths; adaxially dark green when dry; base narrowly cuneate; margin entire or with some teeth toward apex; apex acuminate; midvein inconspicuous; basal lateral veins 2; short; secondary veins 6-15 on each side of midvein; parallel; inconspicuous; sparsely covered with short pubescence. Figs axillary on normal leafy shoots; solitary; green flushed pale red when mature; with white dots; ovoid-globose; 1.2-1.8 x 0.6-1 cm; glabrous; tuberculate; base attenuate into a short thin stalk; apical pore navel-like; convex; peduncle 2-10 mm; usually pilose; involucral bracts triangular-ovate; margin ciliolate. Male flowers: scattered; pedicellate or sessile; calyx lobes 3 or 4; ovate; stamens 2(or 3); anthers longer than filaments. Gall flowers: calyx lobes 4 or 5; boatlike; ovary stipitate; globose; style lateral; short. Female flowers: pedicellate or sessile; calyx lobes 4; style long; stigma funnelform. Achenes globose; smooth. Fl. Apr-Jul.
Along streams. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hunan; Jiangxi; Taiwan; Yunnan; S Zhejiang [N Vietnam].